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Kōrero: Natural hazards – overview

Snowboarding on a volcano

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Snowboarding on a volcano

Many people take advantage of the excitement of living in a potentially hazardous environment. Snowboarder Tony Fletcher tests one of the runs at Tūroa skifield in June 1996 while Ruapehu vigorously emits ash.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 19 June 1996

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, Natural hazards – overview – Living dangerously, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6894/snowboarding-on-a-volcano (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.